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File Manager

In the File Manager, you can manage your images, videos, sound files, and custom text fonts.

You can reach the File Manager in many ways. The easiest is by clicking on the 'File Manager' menu.

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  • You can also open it in our Content Editor and Loop Editor.
  • After opening the File Manager you will see the file folders and files of your customer.
  • In the top left section of your screen, you will find the managing buttons.

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By clicking on the img_6.png button, four functions will be available for you.

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  • 'Upload': You can upload your chosen files from your computer. You can read more about supported file formats here
  • 'Create folder': You can create a folder. Folders can help you sort and manage your files.
  • 'Connect shared folder': You can connect a shared folder like Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive/Sharepoint.
  • 'Create quick filter folder': You can create a special folder that holds files that matches your criteria.

There are some Buttons next to the + sign

img.pngYou can search for files and folders by their names in all foldersimg_1.pngYou can open the online image selector
img_2.pngThis button only appear if you have at least one file or folder selectedimg_3.pngThis button removes the selected file(s)/folder(s)
img_4.pngProof of Play contains information about the display time of files.img_5.pngThe team assignments function allows customer owners to easily manage and sort files and folders for teams
img_12.pngYou can see your total data usage in the top right corner.

Details

After you uploaded a file you will see information and buttons on it by hovering the mouse cursor on the item.

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  • Top left: You can see the size of your file

  • Top right: You can open the file properties menu with the ••• button:

    • Edit validity: You can edit the validity of the file that you can use with the quick filter folder.

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    • Edit tags: You can add tags that you can use with the quick filter folder.

    • Crop / resize: You can open an editor where you can do modifications to your image like cropping, resizing, and masking.

    • Edit teams: Customer owners can manage here which teams can see and use the file

    • Download: You can download the image.

    • Proof of Play: Gives asset report about the file.

    • Create system datasource: It will create you a file type system datasource, that you can find in the System datasources of Datasources menu on the Settings tab.

    • Remove: It permanently removes the file from the system

  • By hovering the mouse cursor on the placeholder of the file you can see its name. If the file is a video you can preview it

  • Below the placeholder, you can edit the name of your file

img_7.pngYou will find this icon on shared folders. Clicking on it will turn on/off the auto-synchronization of the shared folder
img_11.pngYou will find this icon on custom font files with .otf extension. This is a warning for you that this font might not work properly on LG and Samsung clients

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